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www.independent.co.uk
11 months ago
UK news

Royal fans from around the globe camp out on the Mall

Royal fans from around the globe have arrived in London ahead of the coronation celebrations, with many camping out on the Mall to get a prime view of the procession.Even the poor weather forecast, which could see the flypast called off at the last moment, has not deterred fans from holding down their viewing spots by Buckingham Palace.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Model of suffragette's 1909 rooftop protest donated to library where it happened

A model exploring a suffragette's rooftop protest in 1909 has been acquired by the library where it happened.
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www.nytimes.com
11 months ago
Dining

This Trinidadian Recipe Unites Three Generations of Mothers

Certain foods are too powerful to stay in the past.Buljol, named for the contorted patois of the French words brule (burned) and gueule (mouth), is a dish of dried salted cod, and has followed my family through generations, well beyond my mother's childhood in 1950s Trinidad.Every Friday night, my maternal grandmother, Elaine Cadet, whom everyone called Teacher, would make a saute using the flaked meat of boiled salted cod (or saltfish, as it's most commonly called in the Caribbean).
time.com
1 year ago
Health

All Types of Hormonal Birth Control Share a Slightly Increased Risk of Breast Cancer, Study Says

For people who want to prevent pregnancy, birth-control drugs come with an obvious reward.They also come with some small risksincluding, for some forms, a slightly increased risk of breast cancer.This has long been known about the most popular type: combined hormonal birth control, which is available in pill, patch, and ring form.
Nytimes
1 year ago
Health

Pills and Powders Aim to Replace Cranberry Juice as Go-To Prevention for U.T.I.s

"There's really no data for it," Dr. Brucker said.The Food and Drug Administration does not closely regulate supplements, which means there is limited data on whether they are effective.There's encouraging, but scant, data to support this: A 2017 meta-analysis found that cranberry reduced the risk of developing a U.T.I. by 26 percent in otherwise healthy women with a history of urinary infections, but the studies had small numbers of participants."If there's a low risk, and there's some data that says it might work, it might be reasonable for a doctor to say, let's consider these remedies."
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Arts

Queen of salsa Celia Cruz will be the first Afro Latina to appear on a U.S. quarter

Cuban American salsa singer Celia Cruz onstage performing at VH1 Divas Live: The One and Only Aretha Franklin in New York City in 2001.Cruz is being honored on the U.S. quarter in 2024.Scott Gries/Getty Images Celia Cruz was used to making history.The late Cuban American icon recorded over 80 albums, earned 23 gold records, won five Grammy Awards, and received the president's National Medal of Arts.
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Arts

Rep. Cheney pays tribute to the Women's Suffrage Movement in closing Jan. 6 remarks

From left: Cassidy Hutchinson, former aide to Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, former Deputy White House Press Secretary Sarah Matthews, and Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
Sports

Canada's Women Escalate Equal Pay Fight and Find Ally in U.S. Team

ORLANDO, Fla.Before the start of the United States women's soccer match with Canada on Thursday, the teams put aside their ferocious rivalry and acted like colleagues, all for the good of their sport.In a show of solidarity in the pursuit of equal rights in soccer, the players gathered at midfield before their SheBelieves Cup match to form what looked like a giant heart.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
Sports

A Race Up the World's Tallest Mountains, and for Gender Equality

For 10 days in October, Kristin Harila loitered at the blisteringly cold base camp of Cho Oyu in the Himalayas.She was chasing Nirmal Purja.In 2019, Purja attempted to ascend all 14 of the world's 8,000-meter mountains in a single season.It initially seemed laughable, even to the most aggressive climbers.
KQED
1 year ago
Healthcare

Aimee Allison | SF News and Politics | KQED

San Francisco News and Politics Overdoses due to fentanyl have become one of the most pressing public health concerns in the United States.
kvue.com
1 year ago
Women in technology

Texas women reaching out to Mexican volunteer network for access to abortion care

The day Roe v. Wade was overturned, Necesito Abortar had 70 women from the U.S. message them on Facebook.Many of the women seeking abortions are from Texas.
Nytimes
1 year ago
Girls

Opinion | Abortion Questions for Justice Alito and His Supreme Court Allies

Ms. Greenhouse, the winner of a 1998 Pulitzer Prize, reported on the Supreme Court for The Times from 1978 to 2008 and was a contributing Opinion writer from 2009 to 2021.
www.cnn.com
2 years ago
Health

THC and CBD exposure in womb linked to childhood obesity, higher blood sugar, study says

Pregnant women who were exposed to cannabis products that contained THC and CBD were more likely to have children with increased fat mass and blood sugar levels at age 5, a new pilot study found.
time.com
1 year ago
Business

Why the Gender Pay Gap Has Persisted for Two Decades

A few years ago, I talked to a woman named Leah Ferrazzani who had founded an artisanal pasta company, and who turned down an opportunity to sell her brand nationwide.The reason?She had two young kids home, and she didn't want to be flying all over the country selling pasta and miss them growing.Ferrazzani could have done ither husband was up for the challengebut, she says, it didn't feel right.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

Analysis | The Consumer Economy Is Starting to Crack Under Inflation

What will fit?(Photographer: Bloomberg/Bloomberg)Shoppers on both sides of the Atlantic are under intense pressure from inflation.So far, sales of everything from luxury goods to laundry detergent have been better than expected.But cracks are already emerging in demand - and these are set to intensify as winter draws in.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

Analysis | With Roe Struck Down, What Now?

The Supreme Court decision striking down Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 ruling that for nearly half a century had guaranteed a right to abortion nationwide, is the most significant setback for women's rights in generations.
time.com
1 year ago
Women in technology

How We Chose the 2023 Women of the Year

A defining project at TIME is the study of influencewho has it, what form it takes, and what it means to wield it.Our annual Women of the Year list, published on March 2, examines the most uplifting form of influence by spotlighting leaders who are using their voices to fight for a more equal world.
www.cnn.com
1 year ago
US politics

Virginia voters head to the polls in special congressional election

Voters in Virginia's 4th Congressional District will pick their next representative Tuesday in a special election that could make history in the commonwealth.State Sen. Jennifer McClellan, the Democratic nominee in this heavily Democratic district, would become the first Black woman to represent Virginia in Congress if she wins.
Bitcoin
1 year ago
Cryptocurrency

Venture Capitalist Tim Draper Explains Why Bitcoin Will Soar Past His $250K Estimate

Tim Draper's Bitcoin Price Prediction
Venture capitalist Tim Draper has doubled down on his $250K bitcoin price prediction.
ESPN.com
1 year ago
Paris Saint-Germain

Ex-USWNT coach Ellis voted to US Soccer HOF

Jill Ellis was voted into the US Soccer Hall of Fame after coaching the American women to World Cup titles in 2015 and 2019.The 56-year-old British-born coach was picked on 20 of 24 ballots in the builder voting that included only coach candidates for the 2023 class.Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.) Clive Charles, a former U.S. under-23 and under-20 coach, national team assistant and University of Portland men's and women's coach, was second with 12 votes and didn't make the hall in totals announced Wednesday.
www.mediaite.com
1 year ago
Left-wing politics

Biden Congratulates American Women For Fighting Back After Dobbs Decision: You Beat the Hell Out of Them'

President Joe Biden congratulated American women for fighting back on Tuesday after the Supreme Court overturned earlier this year the landmark Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade.As I said, women in America made their voices heard, man.I said last year one of the most extraordinary things about the Dobbs decision is what was about to challenge American women when the justice said they have it in their power to basically say let's see what they're going to do, said Biden at a Democratic National Committee event Thrusday.
Truthout
1 year ago
Left-wing politics

Nearly 6 in 10 Americans Back Legislation to Protect Marriage Equality

The vast majority of Americans back the passage of a federal bill that would codify marriage rights for same-sex couples, according to new polling.
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot pledges abortion support, curses Justice Clarence Thomas

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said the city will continue working to support women from out of state who are seeking legal abortions and took aim at Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas for a concurring opinion in which he urged colleagues to overturn various cases, including the landmark ruling establishing same-sex marriage.
www.aljazeera.com
1 year ago
US politics

Senate bid to ensure US abortion rights nationwide fails

Republicans block legislation proposed by Democrats that seeks to ensure access to abortion in all 50 states.
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

Letters: Striking down Roe v. Wade is not the way to reduce the abortion rate

It appears likely that the U.S. Supreme Court will overturn Roe v. Wade and strip millions of American women of their right to make reproductive choices for themselves and their families.
www.thelocal.fr
1 year ago
France politics

France set to make solar panels compulsory in all large car parks

The words No woman may be deprived of the right to termination of pregnancy were approved by France's Asssemble Nationale on Wednesday  the first step towards adding the amendment to the country's constitution.The short text was proposed by Aurore Berge, who is an MP with President Emmanuel Macron's centrist alliance and member of the Renaissance party and received initial approval on Wednesday.
www.thelocal.fr
1 year ago
France politics

France takes first step toward inscribing right to abortion in constitution

The words No woman may be deprived of the right to termination of pregnancy were approved by France's Asssemble Nationale on Wednesday  the first step towards adding the amendment to the country's constitution.The short text was proposed by Aurore Berge, who is an MP with President Emmanuel Macron's centrist alliance and member of the Renaissance party and received initial approval on Wednesday.
the Guardian
1 year ago
Gender

This attack on women's reproductive rights must be resisted | Letters

President Joe Biden's strong response to the leaked draft supreme court position is welcome ( US shaken to its core by supreme court draft that would overturn Roe v Wade, 3 May).
Washingtonian - The website that Washington lives by.
1 year ago
Washington DC

Smithsonian Selects Sites for Two New Museums

Two new museums may soon be bound for the National Mall: the National Museum of the American Latino, and the Smithsonian American Women's History Museum.The Smithsonian Institution just identified two potential sites for the museum concepts, which were authorized by Congress in 2020.Since then, the Smithsonian Institution and Baltimore-based architecture firm Ayers Saint Gross have worked together to identify optimal locations.
Washingtonian - The website that Washington lives by.
1 year ago
Washington DC

Photos: Remembering Queen Elizabeth II Outside the British Embassy - Washingtonian

A few hours after the death of Queen Elizabeth II was announced today, the scene outside the British Embassy is, I'm sorry to report, mostly Americans-and probably 97 percent press.
https://www.rogerebert.com/
1 year ago
Film

Tamron Hall's As the Wicked Watch: The First Jordan Manning Novel to Become a TV Series | Chaz's Journal | Roger Ebert

Tamron's words flow seamlessly throughout the novel, and particularly when she describes areas in Chicago.
https://www.rogerebert.com/
1 year ago
Film

Gutsy Offer a Chance to Relax in the Clintons' Worldview | TV/Streaming | Roger Ebert

TV/Streaming
It is perhaps unwise for politicians to make this type of show-as a viewer, I couldn't hope but want the reality-TV moment of peaking behind the curtain at our hosts.It never arrived.
Brooklyn Paper
1 year ago
Brooklyn

Checking in: Dr. Janet Yeh of NYU Langone talks breast health and self-checks for Breast Cancer Awareness Month * Brooklyn Paper

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, and, just two weeks in, Brooklynites have already turned out in force to raise money and awareness for the most common cancer in American women.
Nytimes
1 year ago
Sports

Emily Sisson Demolishes American Marathon Record in Chicago

It took nearly 16 years for Deena Kastor's longstanding American women's marathon record to fall.
iRunFar
1 year ago
Running

This Week In Running: September 26, 2022

Full results.Full results.Full results.Full results.Full results.Full results.Full results.Full results.Mountain Lakes 100 Mile - Olallie Lake, Oregon Flagstaff Sky Peaks 50 Mile and 50k - Flagstaff, Arizona The ultra distance races tackled the Arizona Snowbowl course on Saturday, a day ahead of the Golden Trail World Series 26k.The race started in rain.Flagstaff Sky Peaks 26k - Flagstaff, Arizona After last weekend's Pikes Peak Ascent, this one was the second Golden Trail World Series race in as many weeks.
iRunFar
1 year ago
Running

A Lifetime of Learning for Tim Tollefson at UTMB

Ever since his first encounter with UTMB in 2015 while taking second at the CCC, the 100-kilometer race at the UTMB festival, Tim Tollefson has been fixated with what many consider the greatest mountain ultramarathon in the world.
KQED
1 year ago
California

Hollywood's First Chinese American Star + Pronouns Lost in Translation | KQED

The pioneering Asian American actress Anna May Wong is one of five American women the U.S. Mint is recognizing this year with an image on the American quarter, and the first Asian American to appear on U.S. currency.
KQED
1 year ago
Independent films

New Film 'My Name Is Andrea' Depicts the Many Sides of Feminist Andrea Dworkin

My Name is Andrea receives its Bay Area premiere July 23 at the Castro as part of the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival (July 21-Aug.
KQED
1 year ago
Music production

Bikini Kill, Kim Gordon Unleash Feminist Punk Rage at Mosswood Meltdown | KQED

While playing guitar, Gordon approached her effect pedals like a scientist, tinkering with knobs to get the precise level of distortion to deploy at the perfect moment.
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles Rams

In the twilight at Wimbledon and of his career, John Isner pulls out a thrilling win

As another, younger American man fell by the wayside, 37-year-old John Isner remained standing in the British twilight, all 6 feet 10 inches of him, his hopes still alive at tennis' most prestigious tournament.
The Marginalian
1 year ago
Inspiration

Biking Through Time: Brooklyn Youth Chorus Sings Composer Paola Prestini's Anthem for Women's Freedom of Body and Mind

"You are at all times independent.
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